The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-04-20
who is a guest at the house. Senator
Morrill, is in excellent health"

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Newport Cypress.
BRADsTREET's finds as the result of
an exhaustive investigation of the num-
Der of laborers employed and the wages
paid now, as against two years ago, that
there are at least 400 ,O00more industrial
employees at work than in 1885 and
that wages have, on the whole, together
with full time now, as against reduced
hours of labor then, brought the re-
ceipts of labor generally to the level of
! 1SS1-S2. In some instances they have
been advanced still higher.
THE Boston Herald thinks that Sena-
tor Sherman would have two obstacles
to contend with in getting presiden-
tial nomination: Ohio has had her
share of presidents in late years, and
her vote is well assured to the republic
cans, whoever the candidate may be.
There is still another obstacle: 1t will
be charged that Mr. Sherman once en-
braced the greenback heresy; but, as he
repented of this long ago, it ought not
to count against him now.
"IT has been solong since the presiden-
tial election of 1884 that the democracy
have worked themselves into the belief
that Cleveland's election was the result
of tremendous popular uprising
Blaine's vote was ,S51 ,9S1 and Cleve-
lands 4 ,S74 1856, giving Cleveland the
lead by only 23,005, according to the
figures the southern returning boards
were gracious enough to allow. "-Mes-
Senger. Blaine had in the northern
states 100000 votes more than Cleve-
land.
OUT of fifty-siX presidential appoint
ments in the nine territories, including
Alaska and Wyoming and excluding
the District of Columbia, forty-four
have been changed so far by President
Cleveland and republicans superseded
by democrats, leaving twelve republic
cans in office in the territories by presi-
dental appointment. So the "good
work" goes on. The appointees are
all good Cleveland men. We fear that
the President is something of an i" Of
fensive partisan"
THE Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
was the first commercial organization
in the country to urge the passage of
the interstate commerce bill, and it is
also the first to 90 on record against its
enforcement. The reason assigned for
this sudden change of front is that the
measure will result unfavorably to
manufacturers in the South by toer-
ating low rates on northern goods sent
South while permitting full rates on
southern goods sent North. The ground
for this reasoning is not apparent, but
the episode is interesting as showing
how much easier it is to get into hole
than to get out of it.
"THE interstate commerce commission
has granted the petition of the Delaware
& Hudson Canal Company to sell through
Chicago tickets from Pittsburgh White
| hall, Rouse's Point and that section at a
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less figure than they can be procured in
/ Troy and Albany, and lower than the New
| York Central can sell them. The petition
sets forth that the through western traffic
! of the Delaware & Hudson from points
| on the Champlain division would be wiped
/ out unless granted, hence the decision of
the commissioners. 1t can now compete
| advantageOusly with the Canadian roads,
where otherwise they do nothing, since the
| Canadian roads are not under any interstate
! law"
This is what may be called can't
discrimination" we suppose.
JESSE GRANT, son of the general,
is farming in Pennsylvania, but he
takes great interest in politics. In a
recent interview he said: ''There is
nobody that can approach Mr.. Blaine
in strength. | expect to see him the
next president of the United States.
The democrats will, of course, renom-
mate Mr.. Cleveland. They cannot do
otherwise if he wants the nomination
and there is not much doubt that he
does. 1t was pretty hard work for me
to vote for Mr.. Blaine three years ago.
| felt very mugwumpish, but have got
all over that sort of thing. | think Mr..
Blaine would make president with
whom the whole country would be sat
isfed and proud Of"
THE story that Whitelaw Reid, Esq,
editor of the New York Tribune, has
been writing to some one on the Cincin-
natl Commercial Gazette-there have
been two guesses-eXpressing his readi-
ness to leave Blaine as candidate for
the presidency and go for Sherman, has
perhaps been sufficiently contradicted
1t was a mugwump story, and we may
be useful in saying to the "republi-
cans" who supported Cleveland on
personal grounds that the less they
say in opposition to the nomination of
Mr.. Blaine the greater chance there is
that his friends will consent that he
shall not be the nominee. There is a
combative spirit in the republican
party easily aroused that would rejoice
to fight over again the battle of 1884,
and that would be particularly pleased,
in case Cleveland should be the great
and only democratic candidate, to see
whether James G. Blaine could not
overcome that ,047 plurality in New
York Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
THE Newport Express having reached
the Z" legal age" of twenty-one years,